Welcome!

After almost three years of silence, updates at last! Be sure to check out the new additions, and feel free to browse the old material. If you’re a fantasy fan, a writer, a Christian, or just interested in ethics, I hope you’ll find something of interest here.

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What’s New: February 2010

Essays

Genesis 3
Reality, responsibility, and ‘The Eye of the Maker’

History, Language, and the Higher Blarney

Procrustes the Publisher
‘The Children of Húrin’ and the size of books

The Taste for Magic
Some thoughts on the ethics of enchantment in fiction

What Is Elf?
Folklore, theology, and the Tolkien Method

Fiction

Elves on Trial
or, Interview with the Oldest Member

Meritocracy
A Fable

Reviews

The Abyss and the Critics
The Children of Húrin by J.R.R. Tolkien